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THIS ROTARY WORLD
ROTARYDOWNUNDER.ORG | 39 |
YEA! A job well done
With three overseas aid projects completed, 2015 has
been a productive year for the Rotary Club of Yea.
Although the Rotary Club of Yea,
Vic, has previously been involved in
overseas aid projects, this year they
have had the satisfaction of being
involved in three such projects, as well
as their first International Foundation
Grant application. A substantial
amount of money has been raised
in the small community, meaning
projects in Vanuatu, Thailand and
South Africa have received desperately
needed support.
A very successful trivia night in
September raised the final $5000
needed to build an ablutions block
for the Day Springs School and
Orphanage in Rustenburg Kloof,
South Africa. Through the drive and
enthusiasm of Rotarian Ruth Konig,
the club has been working towards
this project for a number of years.
Interest in the project was sparked
when local school children decided
to support a “Buckets for Bores”
initiative to provide clean drinking
water in South Africa. The children
presented their project at a Rotary
meeting, hoping for a donation. The
club not only agreed to match all the
funds they raised, but also to assist
them in finding a worthy project in
South Africa. Ruth was travelling
to South Africa with a Friendship
Exchange team and was especially
taken by the Day Springs School
and Orphanage.
A bore was installed for safe
drinking water from the Buckets
for Bores campaign. Ruth has been
actively fundraising for several years to
build an ablutions block and sewerage
treatment plant, as currently the
children have no bath house or
toilet facilities.
The project has been costed at
$100,000. Money raised by the club
will be matched by the Rotary Club of
Rustenburg Kloof in South Africa, with
the final third to be supplied
by a matching grant from
Rotary International.
The second project was to raise
funds to rebuild the only school on
the island of Lamen in the Vanuatu
archipelago, destroyed by Cyclone
Pam. Stewart and Lisa Cornwell
were anxious to help the islanders
by holding a gala dinner, raffle and
auction at their “Beaufort Manor”
and approached the Rotary Club of
Yea for assistance.
Rotary members quickly responded
and the event raised over $20,000 to
rebuild the school. The money raised
was also sufficient to replace the
thatched roof on the island’s Meeting
House and rebuild the house of an
elderly couple.
A “Check Dam” project in Thailand,
to which the club donated $2000
with another $2000 from District
9790, was also recently completed.
The school shed
on Lamen Island
decorated by the
students for the
official opening.